Why do some people think that Cork is "the real capital"?

Johnny Utah

Discuss

TanG411

Because we are.

EDIT: I don't know, and don't care. I just wanted 1500 posts.

Turtyturd

Second city syndrome.

KeithM89_old

Caus if Ireland ever sinks, its the only place that'll float....
Ba-dum-tish!!

alwaysadub

They're deluded.

bonerm

Turtyturd wrote: »

Second city syndrome.

This.

I haven't checked but I'd wager Cork has/had a building taller than Dublin too. Common second-city characteristic.

FreudianSlippers

Nobody from outside Cork believes that AFAIK

mikemac

Who cares

Tipperary has two county councils decades before anyone else
Twice as important :cool:

Turtyturd

KeithM89 wrote: »

Caus if Ireland ever sinks, its the only place that'll float....
Ba-dum-tish!!

**** sinks in water...it's being kept afloat by the rest of the country : D

Partly because it's the principal city of the biggest county.

But mostly to annoy the shiite out of the Dubs, and very effective it is at that too.

rkeano5

Only Cork people think that and lets be honest they think rather highly of themselves down there.

Abelloid

'..because it is like'.




It is, yeah.

niaroh1x96

Johnny Utah wrote: »

Why do some people think that Cork is "the real capital"?

because it is :cool::D

Celly Smunt

because they are idiots

DOC09UNAM

Because dublin is a shíthole i'd imagine

scudzilla

The only people who think Cork is the Capital are the same people who point to the sky and stand open mouthed every time they see an Aeroplane

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Most people I know have never even set foot in Cork. And when I did finally see the place I just found it to be a smaller version of Dublin with a more annoying accent.

Mister men

Deleted User wrote: »

Partly because it's the principal city of the biggest county.

But mostly to annoy the shiite out of the Dubs, and very effective it is at that too.

That's the thing it does'nt annoy us at all. We just feel a bit sorry for them. Bless.

StereoLove

Because it's the biggest and best county in Ireland

orourkeda

It's those delusions of grandeur and feelings of inadequacy that haunt Cork people and f*ck their brain up to such an extent that they think Cork is a worthy capital city

orourkeda

scudzilla wrote: »

The only people who think Cork is the Capital are the same people who point to the sky and stand open mouthed every time they see an Aeroplane

I wonder what they'll think when fire and the wheel finally arrive there

Turtyturd

scudzilla wrote: »

The only people who think Cork is the Capital are the same people who point to the sky and stand open mouthed every time they see an Aeroplane

Reminds me of a woman from Cork sitting behind me on a bus in New York last summer who phoned home to tell her mother that cars over there drove on 'the wrong side o da road'.

tigger123

Been in Cork twice, once with work, once with for a friends birthday, both times were a massive disappointment, waaay too small to be considered a city.

artanevilla

feelingstressed wrote: »

Who cares

Tipperary has two county councils decades before anyone else
Twice as important :cool:

Dublin has four now.

biko

It might not be the real capital but it I think would be a better capital.

orourkeda

biko wrote: »

It might not be the real capital but it I think would be a better capital.

Do elaborate.

What does it have that Dublin hasn't?

twowheelsonly

bonerm wrote: »

This.

I haven't checked but I'd wager Cork has/had a building taller than Dublin too. Common second-city characteristic.

True.. the County Hall on the Straight road was for may years the tallest in Ireland. That Straight Road is just that - the longest straight road in Ireland. On the other side of the road from the County Hall (where the Kingsley Hotel now stands) used to be the site of the biggest outdoor swimming pool in Europe. Right across the river from that was the longest building in Ireland which is close to the end of Blarney Street, incidentally the longest street in Ireland.

Just saying like....seeing as you asked

scudzilla wrote: »

The only people who think Cork is the Capital are the same people who point to the sky and stand open mouthed every time they see an Aeroplane

We haven't done that since last year... you get kinda used to them when you see them every day, even when it's snowing

Mister men wrote: »

That's the thing it does'nt annoy us at all. We just feel a bit sorry for them. Bless.

...hence the thread....

Turtyturd wrote: »

Reminds me of a woman from Cork sitting behind me on a bus in New York last summer who phoned home to tell her mother that cars over there drove on 'the wrong side o da road'.

And wasn't she right - they do!!

H8GHOTI

OisinT wrote: »

Nobody from outside Cork believes that AFAIK

And I'd say most 'inside' don't believe it either tbh.
Actually, I think I've heard more Dubs say to me "Oh you're from the real capital" than I've ever heard anyone from Cork ever mention it.

orourkeda

H8GHOTI wrote: »

And I'd say most 'inside' don't believe it either tbh.
Actually, I think I've heard more Dubs say to me "Oh you're from the real capital" than I've ever heard anyone from Cork ever mention it.

Thats the linguistic version of a pre-emptive strike

galwayrush

Brussels is our real capital.. thank you FF...:mad:

pablomakaveli

Johnny Utah wrote: »

Discuss

Why because down here we have a thing called humour. Something thats obviously lacking in other parts of our fair isle hence the need to attack Cork anytime they hear it mentioned.

ejmaztec

orourkeda wrote: »

What does it have that Dublin hasn't?

A lot of Cork people who couldn't get over the barbed wire.

Conor108

Without a doubt its only Cork people who think that sure they have a massive opinion of their ickle county

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR_EXkSDwG0

Liam Byrne

Because you hear stupid phrases like "Dublin & The Provinces" and "Dublin & The Country".......

......so it makes sense that if Dublin isn't in a province and isn't part of the country that it can't be the capital of the country.

FreudianSlippers

galwayrush wrote: »

Brussels is our real capital.. thank you FF...:mad:

:rolleyes:

twinytwo

orourkeda wrote: »

It's those delusions of grandeur and feelings of inadequacy that haunt Cork people and f*ck their brain up to such an extent that they think Cork is a worthy capital city

After the scum hole dublin has become im glad cork is not the capital;)

Namlub

OisinT wrote: »

Nobody from outside Cork believes that AFAIK

I'm from Cork and I don't believe it.
Tbh the only people who seem to make a big deal out of it are people from outside Cork, I don't know anyone that's bothered...

Paracore

Quote:
Originally Posted by scudzilla
The only people who think Cork is the Capital are the same people who point to the sky and stand open mouthed every time they see an Aeroplane

I wonder what they'll think when fire and the wheel finally arrive there

Well you should know cos they haven't been in the Dublin slums that long altogether

charlemont

Turtyturd wrote: »

Second city syndrome.

Third City....And I live in Cork....Real Capital my ass...

Ali Babba

rkeano5 wrote: »

Only Cork people think that and lets be honest they think rather highly of themselves down there.

And the Dubs don't? If they were chocolate they'd eat themselves......the amount of Dubs around Cork is unreal and they all seem to suffer from taxi driver syndrome, they think they know everything about everything. I've never met such opinionated people and i've been worldwide.

BickNarry

Why do we consider our county the Real Capital?

Two words buddy;

CorkMan.

Yeah, I said it.Go close your thread!

twowheelsonly

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Because you hear stupid phrases like "Dublin & The Provinces" and "Dublin & The Country".......

......so it makes sense that if Dublin isn't in a province and isn't part of the country that it can't be the capital of the country.

Oh so true...


And as an aside to that the one that annoys me is '...the Country has been brought to a standstill by severe weather...'
or '...severe flooding has affected thousands of homes across the country...' and entire news bulletins are given over to it, when it's only in Dubland.

On the other hand, if Cork, Limerick or Galway are affected by any of the above but Dubland escapes then it might get a two minute mention on the news.

pablomakaveli

twowheelsonly wrote: »

Oh so true...


And as an aside to that the one that annoys me is '...the Country has been brought to a standstill by severe weather...'
or '...severe flooding has affected thousands of homes across the country...' and entire news bulletins are given over to it, when it's only in Dubland.

On the other hand, if Cork, Limerick or Galway are affected by any of the above but Dubland escapes then it might get a two minute mention on the news.

RTE rarely venture beyond the pale. Theres less cocaine outside dublin you see.

aidan_walsh

If I was to say "tologist", you'd be wondering what I meant. But if I said "PROC" you'd know I was talking about irritating arseholes.

CDfm

The real reason is historical and closer to this.

During the War of Independence the only part of the country that the Republicans had effective military control of was in fact West Cork. Cork Corporation was controlled by nationalists and Terrence McSweeney and Thomas McCurtain both died, one on hunger strike and the other shot by the british in front of his family. The city centre and City Hall were burnt down by the Black and Tans.

Effectively, Cork exercised independence in a way that was not seen anywhere else in the rest of the country.

So when Cork is dubbed the Capital -it usually is a reference to that period of history where if the Cork /West Cork Brigade fell then the War of Independence would have been over.

Lots of famous Corkmen from this time, Michael Collins and Sam Maguire and lots more.

History lesson over.

Happy Xmas everyone

kowloon

Sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of my spiced beef.

DOC09UNAM

aidan_walsh wrote: »

If I was to say "tologist", you'd be wondering what I meant. But if I said "PROC" you'd know I was talking about irritating arseholes.

It's much easier to just say "Dubs"

WillyWaggler

Cork technically isn't even a city.

And I don't understand the argument that it's the largest county; yes it is the largest but what has that got to do with the city?

thefireinside

WillyWaggler wrote: »

Cork technically isn't even a city.

Umm... Yes it is!!

sh1tstirrer

WillyWaggler wrote: »

Cork technically isn't even a city.

And I don't understand the argument that it's the largest county; yes it is the largest but what has that got to do with the city?

Dublin is a sh1thole. Half the people talk with normal Dublin knacker accents and the other half are so ashamed of knacker accents they made up a crap false D4 accent that is even harder on the ears than the original accent :rolleyes:

Namlub

WillyWaggler wrote: »

Cork technically isn't even a city.

And I don't understand the argument that it's the largest county; yes it is the largest but what has that got to do with the city?

Well if Kilkenny's a city...